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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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